Okame Tea Cup - Crafted By Pottery Raku Oita The Unkin (Cloud and Brocade)

The Unkin (Cloud and Brocade) motif features both cherry blossoms and maple leaves

Kosai Kiln forms and paints each cup by hand in Japan

Masaaki Hibino glazes each bowl in a layered blue — the colour pooling deeper where the curve allows it

forming and glazing each vase by hand

this plate holds its color differently in different light — deepening where the glaze pools

Okame Tea Cup - Crafted By Pottery Raku Oita The Unkin (Cloud and Brocade)Glazed and fired by hand, this teacup holds the quiet character of something made individually not uniform, not repeated exactly, but consistent in weight and presence. It is the kind of piece that improves with use. Pottery Raku forms and glazes each teacup by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a teacup that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in